Krodhavant tab ravan linhisi rath baithai

Doha 28 · Aranya Kand

Doha Text

क्रोधवंत तब रावन लीन्हिसि रथ बैठाइ। चला गगनपथ आतुर भयँ रथ हाँकि न जाइ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

krodhavaṃta taba rāvana līnhisi ratha baiṭhāi। calā gaganapatha ātura bhayaṃ ratha hāṃki na jāi॥ 28 ॥

Meaning

Then, in anger, Ravana seated Sita in his chariot and set off by the path of the sky, but in his fear he could not drive the chariot properly.

Context

This is Doha 28 from Aranya Kand, in the episode “Sita's Abduction and Lament”. The episode describes Ravana's deceitful abduction of Sita and her grief-stricken lament in the forest.

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